Device for cutting yeast



(No Model.)

L. KASEHAGEN'& H. WIETHEGBR.

DEVICE FOR CUTTING YEAST. No. 282,088, Patented July 31, 1883. V

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'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEO KASEHAGEN AND HENRY WIETHEGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR CUTTING YEAST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,088, dated July 31,1883.

Application filed May 25, 1883. (No model.)

particularly intended for retail dealersto par-- cel. yeast that theybuy in large or pound. cakes and sell in small quantities.

Our invention therefore consists of the novel devices and combinationsof devices hereinafter described, and specifically claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of theyeast-cutting frame; Fig. 2, a similar view of the guide-frame; Fig. 3,a cross-section of the cutting-frame on line at a: in Fig. 1; and Fig.4, a cake of yeast as divided by the cuttingrframe into twenty-eight(more or less) uniform parts.

Corresponding letters in the several figures of the drawings designatelike parts.

A denotes the cutter-frame, that consists of a rectangular wooden framecomposed of two longitudinal bars, a a, and of two end bars, I) and b,which latter with one end project beyond bar a. This frame A isperforated with a series of small holes at proper positions, throughwhich are strung cross-wires c, that are parallel with the end bars, I)b, and equal distances apart to form seven (more or less) divisions, andis stretched a wire, d, to be centrally located between and parallelwith bars a a, that subdivides the spaces between wires 0 into two rowsof equal width. Another wire, (2, is stretched between the projectingends of end bars, I) b, to be parallel with bar a, and the same distancefrom such bar a that central wire, d, is from either bar a or a. Thesewires, as will be noticed, are all stretched over one side of frame A tobe on the same plane.

B is the guide-frame, consisting of a board, f, having secured to eachend a rectangular upwardly-projecting board, g. This frame B isexteriorly the exact size of the rectangular space between bars a and cand I) and b of frame A,, for such frame A is to fit over and slide onframe 13, and to be guided by the end boards, which latter in theircenter are slit vertically with a saw to provide a passage for wire (1.The board f has alongitudinal groove, h, cut centrally in line with theslits in end boards, and has cut siX transverse grooves, 1',corresponding in position with wires 0 of frame A, which wires, withplacing such frames together, will enter such grooves.

M denotes the cake of yeast that is furnished by the manufacturer orwholesale grocer in a solid mass of, say, one pound in weight, and whichthe'retailer divides into twenty-eight parts (more or less) by firstplacing the cake upon frame B between the end boards, g, and by settingthe frame A over such end boards and pushing it down until the wireshave reached board f and entered the grooves, whereby such cake isdivided into fourteen (more or less) parts, and then by turning the cakeon its edge and by pushing the wire 6 vertically down through the centerline of such cake, whereby the bar a forms the guide or gage, each partis subdivided and cut to form two parcels of equal weight again.

The yeast was formerly parcelled by the grocer with a common knife whenthe pieces were uncertain as to uniformity, and the same knife beingfrequently employed for cutting or slicing other products, the-yeastseparated therewith was not very inviting for the required purposes,while a cutter of the above description cannot readily be used for otherpurposes than what it is made for, and therefore is more likely to bekept in a clean condition for ready use.

What we claim is- The frame A, having wires 0,11, and e in

